Exhibition Period: January to June 2012
Venue: Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA)
The Urban Redevelopment Authority engaged students from the BA(Hons) Interior Design programme to create works of art to serve as public outdoor benches.
This project was part of a community initiative to engage the public through arts and to add vibrancy to the Marina Bay area during the National Day celebrations. Students worked in teams and were given three months to conceptualise and come up with a design proposal.
Out of over sixty proposals submitted, the ten best designs were shortlisted for fabrication. The prototypes were manufactured with funding from co-sponsors and were displayed along the Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade in August.
Said Programme Leader Ang Xin Wei, “This was a significant community project. Students had to examine every aspect of their commission from choosing the right weather-proof materials to fund-raising and production. One group went as far as Indonesia to fabricate their design. I’m very proud of them.”
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